Nina Simone News

As a phrase, Tumultuous Reign has a certain ring, the association with dictators and religious leaders.

Heather Small brings her vocal talents to De Montfort Hall on Monday night, writes Chris Beggs .

Critically acclaimed jazz vocalist, Michelle Walker, will perform in double bill concerts with jazz vocalist Sachal Vasandani while on tour with The Yakov Okun Trio in Russia from November 22-29th . Michelle has spent the past few years amassing an impressive musical resume of concert and festival performances, including The Lincoln Center-Women in ...

SULTRY songstress Madeleine Peyroux, it's fair to say, has a history of erratic behaviour.

NINA SIMONE sang Here Comes The Sun as plainclothed policemen kept watch at the funeral yesterday for Chloe Waterlow, 37, who, with her father, Nick, 68, was found dead in her Randwick home last week.

Verve: Remixed projects have done it again. The third volume in the series takes things up a notch by not only employing the skills of top DJs, but also some indie rock and hip-hop artists as well.

There are only three rules for Friday evening's Rachael Price concert: Sit back, close your eyes and relax.

Nina Simone's first-remembered act of moral resistance occurred at one of her concerts when she was 12.

Here's to Art D'Lugoff, the great Village music impresario, the round and bearded political and artistic enthusiast, whose eclectic tastes educated more than one generation, and who died yesterday at 85.

In the fall of 2002, Mariessa Terrell sat on the curb of her former office building dumbfounded at the loss of a job she had grown to love for over three years.

The public face of American orchestral music changed radically this autumn. For the first time, conductors from ethnic minorities have taken the helm at two of the country's most important ensembles.

"A Star is Born" is the only adequate way to characterize singer-composer Melody Gardot's appearance on the stage of the Perelman Theater of the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia on October 17.

On the DVD that accompanies this three-CD career retrospective, the late Nina Simone says she likes to shake people up.

Everyone knows that Gene's Haufbrau, Voodoo, and Pearlz dominate the music scene in the Avondale district of West Ashley.

Festival directors Micky Laron and Gidi Avivi are presenting over 40 local and international documentary and feature films on music, dance, literature and poetry; art and theater.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 7:00pm & 8:00pm Sets The Zinc Bar 82 W 3rd St New York, NY 10012 477-8337 zincbar.com No Cover - $0 FEATURING: Michelle Walker - Vocals Robert Rodriguez - Piano Sandro Albert - Guitar Michael O'Brien - Bass John Davis - Drums This performance is a Special Showcase at the popular jazz lounge THE ZINC BAR.

Anyone can throw a jazz concert, but you know you're doing something special when the monster players are in the audience as well as on stage.

Rickie Lee Jones says she needs to sing like she needs to breathe. She learned her phrasing from her father, that slower-than-Sunday-morning delivery she made famous 30 years ago.

Here's that PLAYLIST ... STARTING WITH COVERS Jose Jose - New York New York Charlotte Gainsbourgh & Calexico - Just Like a Woman - I'm Not There Loudon Wainwright III - Motel Blues - Recovery Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line Hildegarde Knef - The Coffee Song DULCET TONES Abbey Lincoln - I Must Have That Man Nina Simone - I Want a Little Sugar in My ...

When: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 Two sets: 8pm and 10pm Cover $25.00 Reservations are highly recommended!!! NY-based jazz vocalist Michelle Walker returns to her hometown for a wonderful evening of live jazz at this premier jazz venue.